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On April 10, 2015, two team members represented the BEACH Lab at Graduate Student Day at the University of South Carolina. David Gallerani gave a poster presentation involving mobile technology in youth empowerment for healthy community change as part of…

From February 22-26, 2015, Dr. Kaczynski, Gina Besenyi, and David Gallerani represented the BEACH Lab at the 12th Annual Active Living Research Conference in San Diego, CA. Their trip got off to a fast start with co-leading a workshop on the first day (along…

Several members of the BEACH Lab visited the Big Easy for the 2014 American Public Health Association 142nd Annual Meeting held from Nov 16-19 in New Orleans, LA. Some of the highlights from the conference included: Stephanie Child presented a…

The BEACH Lab had a unique opportunity to attend the 2014 SEC Symposium focused on “Prevention of Obesity: Overcoming a 21st Century Public Health Challenge” in Atlanta, Georgia from September 21-23, 2014. The 14 SEC schools plus a number of…

On September 14-16, 2014, the South Carolina Recreation and Parks Association annual conference was held in beautiful Hilton Head Island. Members of the BEACH Lab couldn’t pass up this opportunity to share our exciting parks-related projects with professionals from across…

Theme: Moving Active Living from Niche to Norm “Active living research has gone from a small niche of investigation to the mainstream of research, and it is definitely influencing policy and practice. However, active living environments and policies are far…

I had the opportunity to attended the 4th Annual International Conference on Health, Wellness, and Society in Vancouver, British Columbia in March 2014. Click here to read more about my travels: Building Partners: 4th Annual International Conference on Health, Wellness,…

From March 16th to March 19th, I had the opportunity to attend the 14th Annual American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB) Scientific Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina. The theme for this year’s meeting was Environment, Policy, and Behavior Change. Although…

Earlier this month, I (Dr. Kaczynski) had the pleasure of visiting Curitiba, Brazil for the 9th Brazilian Congress on Physical Activity and Health. For a (relatively) youthful researcher, giving the opening keynote address (let alone in a different language via…